Jonathan Groff’s New TV Role
Glee hottie Jonathan Groff is set for a regular role in season 2 of Starz’s Boss, reports Deadline. Boss “stars recent Golden Globe winner Kelsey Grammer as ruthless Chicago mayor Tom Kane.” Deadline says “Groff will play Ian Todd, a smart and ambitious staffer in Kane’s office who steps into the void Ezra Stone (Martin Donovan) has left to offer astute council to Kane.”
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Loading ...Ricky Martin as Glee’s New Spanish Teacher: Preview
Ricky Martin is playing the Spanish teacher in tomorrow Glee episode. The Advocate says “Will (Matthew Morrison) gives the glee club a Spanish-singing assignment, and enlists the help of a teacher, played by Martin. The talented Latin heartthrob, who will soon headline a Broadway revival of Evita, is expected to perform a sizzling rendition of LMFAO’s ‘I’m Sexy and I Know It,’as well as another song.”
TVLine also has 10 spoilers for the episode. Among them:
- “Roz Washington (NeNe Leakes) returns to coach the Cheerios on a new routine, and delivers some solid burns to Sue in the process.”
- “Rachel spills her proposal news to Mercedes and Kurt, but neither of her buddies hops aboard Team ‘Put a Ring on It.’ In fact, look for a brotherly heart-to-heart about the engagement between Kurt and Finn — even if it means Kurt has to break a promise to Rachel in bringing up the subject.”
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Hottie Matt Bomer’s Glee Duet With Darren Criss
Matt Bomer is poised to play the brother of Blaine (aka Darren Criss) on Glee, and they’re doing a duet of Duran Duran’s “Come Undone”. And it wasn’t easy to get done. TVLine reports that “after some long and intense negotiations, ’80s supergroup Duran Duran has cleared two — possibly three — tracks for the hit Fox series. And it’ll be the Brothers Anderson who’ll have the privilege of performing said ditties — as a mash-up!” TVLine also things that Bomer’s, who they say is a “big dancer” will dance through the numbers.
Rachel’s Gay Dads Headline Glee’s Valentines Episode
We finally get to meet Rachel’s gay dads on Glee’s Valentines day episode. TVLine has the scoop on the plot twist that gets them on screen: “Goldblum and Mitchell join the cast as Hiram and Leroy in the Feb. 14 episode (airing at 8/7c), in which they host a dinner party. Hmm, could it be for their daughter’s possible new fiancé, Finn?”
And on next week’s episode, Ricky Martin stops by McKinley High.
Glee Cast at SAG Awards
Last night’s SAG Awards were Glee heavy. Sadly, Glee didn’t win, but the red carpet was swimming with the show’s cast.
Darren Criss, Chris Colfer, Chord Overstreet, Mark Salling, Naya Rivera, Lea Michele, Jane Lynch, Harry Shum Jr. and the rest of the ensemble were there.
Glee’s Darren Criss in Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”
This preview is from Tuesday’s Glee Michael Jackson tribute episode. Darren Criss has the lead role in the number. It’s the cast taking on Jackson’s “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”. By the way, this the same in which Blaine gets slushied.
Glee is the Work of the Devil, Says Televangelist
Televangelist James Robison is all worked up about Glee. And Glenn Beck is giving the guy a megaphone on his television show. Queerty reports that Robinson “is convinced that Glee is the work of the devil [because] it is glamorizing homosexual themes.”
NBC Orders Sitcom Pilot About Gay Couple By Glee’s Ryan Murphy
Ryan Murphy, one of the creator’s of Glee, is a busy man, and he’s about to get busier. In addition to Glee and American Horror Story, TVLine reports NBC has ordered a pilot for a new series by him.
The potential series, titled The New Normal, is a single-camera sitcom about a blended family made up of a gay couple and the surrogate helping them have a baby of their own.
Andrew Rannells, who starred in Broadway’s Book or Mormon, is on tap to play one of the serie’s main characters.
Matt Bomer to Play Brother of Darren Criss’s Blaine on Glee
Matt Bomer is nearly set to play the older brother of Blaine, Darren Criss’s Glee character, reports TVLine. TVLine also says “this will also be the first time a lot of people will get to hear Bomer sing — because yes, natch, his character will get in on his sib’s musical number.”
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Chris Colfer’s Teen Novel Hits Shelves in July
Chris Colfer, who stars on Glee as openly-gay student Kurt, has penned a young adult novel called The Land of Stories. It hits the shelves on July 17. Entertainment Weekly describes the book this way: a ’modern-day fairy tale,’ the book will focus on twins Alex and Conner, who leave the real world behind and find themselves in a land where they come face-to-face with the fairy-tale characters — witches, goblins, trolls — they’ve always read about. Colfer says the book’s illustrator ‘made every detail come to life. He went above and beyond the crayon and colored pencil drawings I used to make of it as a kid.’”
